A traditional Japanese house with a Japanese persimmon tree. Nowadays, you can hardly find such traditional house and persimmon tree. Taken at Ryuguchi, Murou, Uda city, Nara. Copyright(C) Miki  …

There is Senbonguchi Station below. (Near Kintetsu line, Yoshino Station)  Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

Miki took this picture at Senbonguchi Station (near Kintetsu line, Yoshino Station). Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

  Autumn is the season for enjoying food. In this season, we have many delicious things like chestnuts, Japanese pears, grapes, ginkgo, persimmons, new rice, and mushrooms. Above all, the matsutake…

  In Japan, we have this expression, “dokusho no aki,” which means “autumn, the season for reading.” Because autumn night is long and at comfortable temperatures, it is a perfect…

  The autumn foliage front is now at the north part of Japan, and keeps going southward. It is almost time to enjoy beautiful red and orange colors of mountains….

  Colored leaves bring Japanese people real feeling of autumn. Traditionally, there is a custom called “momiji-gari” that people go to out to see beautiful colored mountains. Momiji-gari is enjoyed…

Tsukimi is the Japanese custom of moon viewing held in mid-autumn. Although the ancient Japan had the custom to appreciate the moon, tsukimi style moon viewing didn’t start until the…

Today is the Autumn Equinox Day and it’s a national holiday in Japan! During both the Spring and Autumnal Equinox, Higan, Buddhist memorial services are held in Japan. This year,…

Matsutake is a popular autumn mushroom. It is hard to cultivate matsutake and cannot be in mass production, so they are considered as rich food. Especially Japanese matsutake are expensive;…